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CoovaChilli test VM configuration Part I, 31 August 2010

Created on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 00:00 | Written by Richard Gate | Hits: 14363

Synopsis

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In this article, we will list the installation procedure used to build a CentOS 5.5 64-bit VMware Virtual Machine used to run CoovaChilli 1.2.4 utilising the Coova Mini Portal as a HotSpot for another VM runing a web browser.

Background

As part of a project to test building a Captive Portal for a Wireless Hotspot network, we needed to setup a virtual network with two Virtual Machines where one was the CoovaChilli Server and another could be used to run a web browser through the HotSpot so that we could test a number of configuration options.

Please also see the following article which explains how to configure VMware Fusion to disable the internal VMware DHCP - click here.